Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District
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• 1951Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District was a rural district between 1932 and 1974 in Hampshire, England.
The district was formed as a merger of the abolished Kingsclere Rural District, centred on Kingsclere, and Whitchurch Rural District, centred on Whitchurch.
Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District was in turn abolished in 1974, with its area becoming part of Basingstoke District, which was renamed Basingstoke and Deane in 1978.[1]
Premises
The council had its offices in a converted and extended early eighteenth century house at 24 Swan Street in Kingsclere.[2]
Parishes
The district contained the following civil parishes:[3]
- Ashmansworth
- Baughurst
- Burghclere
- East Woodhay
- Ecchinswell and Sydmonton
- Highclere
- Hurstbourne Priors
- Kingsclere
- Laverstoke
- Litchfield and Woodcott
- Newtown
- Overton
- St Mary Bourne
- Tadley
- Whitchurch
Character
The northern part of the district was within the North Wessex Downs, which was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty shortly before the council's abolition.[4] The district included Highclere Castle.
References
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 31 May 2023
- ^ Historic England. "24 Swan Street (Grade II) (1339784)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "No. 45450". The London Gazette. 17 August 1971. p. 8914.
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parishes
- Ashford Hill with Headley
- Ashmansworth
- Baughurst
- Bradley
- Bramley
- Burghclere
- Candovers
- Chineham
- Cliddesden
- Deane
- Dummer
- East Woodhay
- Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green
- Farleigh Wallop
- Hannington
- Herriard
- Highclere
- Hurstbourne Priors
- Kingsclere
- Laverstoke
- Litchfield and Woodcott
- Mapledurwell and Up Nately
- Monk Sherborne
- Mortimer West End
- Newtown
- North Waltham
- Nutley
- Oakley
- Old Basing and Lychpit
- Overton
- Pamber
- Popham
- Preston Candover
- Rooksdown
- Sherborne St John
- Sherfield on Loddon
- Sherfield Park
- Silchester
- St Mary Bourne
- Steventon
- Stratfield Turgis
- Tunworth
- Upton Grey
- Weston Corbett
- Weston Patrick
- Winslade
- Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell
and
hamlets
- Adbury
- Aldermaston Soke
- Aldern Bridge
- Andwell
- Ashe
- Ashe Warren
- Ashford Hill
- Ashley Warren
- Axford
- Axmansford
- Binley
- Bishop's Green
- Bramley Corner
- Bramley Green
- Broadmere
- Brock's Green
- Brown Candover
- Charter Alley
- Chilton Candover
- Cole Henley
- Dunley
- East Oakley
- Ecchinswell
- Ellisfield
- Ewhurst
- Freefolk
- Hare Warren
- Headley
- Heath End
- Ibworth
- Inhurst
- Litchfield
- Little London
- Lower Woodcott
- Lower Wyke
- Malshanger
- Mapledurwell
- Middle Wyke
- Nately Scures
- Newfound
- Newnham
- Newtown Common
- North Oakley
- North Sydmonton
- Old Basing
- Old Burghclere
- Pamber End
- Pamber Green
- Pamber Heath
- Penwood
- Plastow Green
- Quidhampton
- Ramsdell
- Southrope
- Stoke
- Spanish Green
- Sydmonton
- Tufton Warren
- Up Nately
- Upper Woodcott
- Upper Wootton
- Tufton
- Turgis Green
- Wadwick
- Wells-in-the-Field
- West Heath
- Whitnal
- Whitway
- Woolton Hill
- Wolverton
- Wolverton Common
- Wootton St Lawrence
Basingstoke